Rene Kafka, DPM
Podiatrist · Aurora, CONPI 1952798621
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $1,531 of the $2,154 with a category attached, or 71.1%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Vilex LLC at 29.5% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $1,240 and has fallen 78.2% since, to $270 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for podiatrist clinicians in CO, where the typical reported total is $2,051.
Across 28 payments — averaging $76.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Vilex LLC$636
- Kerecis Limited$500
- Integra Lifesciences Corporation$287
- Smith+Nephew$188
- Access Pro Medical, LLC$188
- Boston Scientific$170
- plus $186 from 4 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$62329%
- Food & beverage$1,53171%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Vilex LLC | 5 | $636 |
| Kerecis Limited | 4 | $500 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 4 | $287 |
| Smith+Nephew | 2 | $188 |
| Access Pro Medical, LLC | 2 | $188 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $170 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 5 | $86 |
| Mimedx Group, Inc. | 3 | $63 |
| Bioventus LLC | 1 | $19 |
| Solventum Corporation | 1 | $18 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$1,768
- ALPHALOK$487
- INTEGRA$486
- Kerecis Omega3 SurgiClose$480
- Peripheral RotaLink Plus$170
- INTEGRA DERMAL REGENERATION TEMPLATE$162
- PRIMATRIX$162
- Matriderm$159
- Kerecis Omega3 GraftGuide$152
- Grafix PRIME$122
- Grafix CORE$122
- Grafix XC$122
- Grafix PL PRIME$122
- Stravix$122
How this compares
$2,154 in reported general payments places this provider in the 50th percentile of 70 podiatrist providers in Colorado.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonium Lactate | 54 | $1,480 |
| Ciclopirox | 24 | $955 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 21 | $455 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 18 | $167 |
| Mupirocin | 13 | $128 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 22 | $87 |
| Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim | 18 | $50 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 12 | $39 |
| Hydromorphone Hcl | 11 | $28 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other podiatrist in Aurora
- Joseph DobbsAurora$6K
- Florin CostacheAurora$3K
- Phillip SavageAurora$1K
- Paul ProkopAurora$496
- Cara WylieAurora$318
- Daniel HatchGreeley$7.2M
- Jeremy ChristensenCastle Rock$87K
- Amber KavanaghDenver$20K
- Kenneth MorganDenver$20K
- George ConnerColorado Springs$16K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.